Measuring Business Interruption Losses and Other Commercial Damages

The only book in the field that explains the complicated process of measuring business interruption damages, whether the losses are from natural or man–made disasters, or whether the performance of one company adversely affects the performance of another. Citește tot Restrânge

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MEASURING BUSINESS INTERRUPTION LOSSES AND OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES

SECOND EDITION

Computing damages in business interruption lawsuits requires a sound knowledge of fields such as litigation economics, forensic accounting, and law. Now, one comprehensive volume has been developed for practitioners in this field specifically for dealing with the diverse demands presented by commercial damages analysis.

The only book in this field to explain the complicated process of measuring business interruption damages--whether caused by wrongful acts of defendants in lawsuits or natural disasters-- Measuring Business Interruption Losses and Other Commercial Damages, Second Edition provides a comprehensive framework for how such losses should be measured. The areas covered in this updated second edition include:

Recent developments in the courts on damages

Selecting a damages expert and challenging an opposing expert

Understanding the role of the economy in business interruptions

Doing an industry analysis to support or refute loss claims

Methods of projecting lost sales

Computing the costs of lost sales to arrive at lost profits

Discounting to present value and addressing risk

This book then goes on to show how damages are measured in important specialized areas such as: